Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

Xi Jinping Designates No Obvious Successor, Laying the Foundation for a Long Reign. 4 minute read. By Charlie Campbell / Beijing. October 25, 2017 1:19 AM EDT.

Recent rumors and Xi Jinping's absence fueled speculation about his potential departure, intensified by leadership purges and ...

In March 2020, the annual meeting of China’s national legislature in Beijing was delayed for the first time in decades, as Chinese President Xi Jinping attempted to gain control over what would ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping may be facing the most serious challenge to his rule yet, as reports suggest top Communist Party ...

Xi used Sun’s removal not to aggrandize himself, but rather to quietly designate, in violation of recent tradition, his own desired successor for 2022 — someone whom, for at least the past ...

China’s President Xi Jinping is here to stay. The new lineup for the Chinese Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) was unveiled Wednesday, without an heir apparent ...

Mr. Xi has inserted himself into every corner of Chinese life, leaving no room for anointed successors. In 10 years of ruling China, Xi Jinping has expunged political rivals, replacing them with ...

All eyes are on Xi Jinping at the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress that begins in Beijing on Sunday. Barring a major upset, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades will ...

A former potential successor for Chinese President Xi Jinping was given a lifetime prison sentence on Tuesday. Sun Zhengcai, the Communist Party Secretary for the city of Chongqing and a member of ...